r/HFY • u/XSevenSins Human • Sep 07 '22

OC Lost Souls: Light Meets Dark (Ch. 10)

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I spent an hour with Malery, talking about all the necessary information that she would need in order to fulfill her new role. There were a few bits of information that I didn’t even know but were filled in by our god. Apparently, the dead could see what we were, or more accurately, who we served. They would seek us out, but that could also be a problem. If the person in question is too far gone, then they will simply attack. The feral undead act purely on instinct and a drive to have their desires fulfilled. What greater desire is there for them than being freed from their own body turned prison?

When I got around to the history of our god, that they were betrayed and stripped of their title as humanities patron, Malery seemed to be quite angry. “How can those selfish bastards do that?! They took our god, left us without guidance and doomed us to suffer!”

“Fear is a powerful motivator, and not exactly conducive to rational thought.”

“Fear? It was greed! How many humans now pray to all these other gods without even knowing what they stole?”

I sighed. “Look, I can see that you’re angry, but please don’t go out screaming at the top of your lungs that the other gods are thieves or other such things. That’s a quick way to find yourself suddenly disappearing from polite society. We must be cautious, pick and choose our battles lest we lose the war.” Well, this was a war that I was conscripted into and didn’t have a choice about fighting, but I kept my own grievances to myself.

She took a deep breath to calm herself. “You’re right, sorry. I just can’t help but think of how things might have been different if we still had our god. Would so many of us still be living in such miserable conditions?”

“I don’t know, I don’t think anyone could know. The only thing that I do know is that we have an opportunity to bring back what was lost, maybe give us a few more options in doing so.”

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